Our Stories

Smile Train’s 1 millionth patient now aspires to be a doctor himself

Just the story you need this Father’s Day

His story proves the truly transformative difference our model makes

There is confidence and beauty in every smile.

Because of you, 81,000+ children with clefts in 70+ countries will forever remember 2021 as the year they could finally smile.

After 17 years of isolation, a smile set him free

After Pamela's delivery, the nurses told her that her son, Sebastian, only had nine days to live. She was devastated. She didn’t know where to turn. Then she was referred to Smile Train's local partner, Fundacion Ninos que Rien.

Our model of empowering local cleft teams makes all the difference for families like Aaron's.

How Smile Train helped a girl who nearly didn't survive infancy grow to become queen of the rink.